March 21, 2009

Montecito from Jan. 1 through Mar. 13 comparing ’08 to ’09 for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area

In the Montecito Real Estate area of Santa Barbara Real Estate for the Condo Market the total numbers of properties available for the year is up by 2 as are the new listings. The under contact numbers for both years stands at 1 with 2 sales showing up last year at this time compared to 0 for this year.

In the Single Family Home market for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Montecito Real Estate the total number of listings is up by 28% compared to last year with the numbers of new listings up by 11%. The numbers of listings under contract is coming back somewhat but it is still down by about 27%. The numbers of sold properties is also coming up comparatively but it is still down by about 43%. Mirroring the decline in sold properties is the decline in the average list price also down by 43% to about $2.8 million.

For the PUD market in Montecito Real Estate there have been just 2 listings this year and 2 for the previous year. But at this time last year 2 new listings had come on compared to 1 this year. The numbers of PUDs under contact is 1 this year compared to 0 last year but the numbers of sales for both years stands at 0.

Posted by gandlwoods at March 21, 2009 07:44 AM